It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown